What is Poetry?

What is poetry?
A bunch of random rhymes
An old-fashioned hobby
Too old for our time?

Is it really such a waste
Sharing feelings with the world?
Does no one still care
If we let our thoughts unfurl?

Do they care not for passion
Romance and love?
For peace and beautiful harmony
Like the precious ways of the dove?

Do expression and dedication
Make no difference to them?
Do they not cherish our works
As they would a fine gem?

My purpose today is to prove that wrong
And show that poetry still stays in our hearts
For, without poetry, what would the world be
But a place truly torn apart?